Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to look at the camera

Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by wruza on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @05:53AM (#41857303)

Would be funny if everyone on your screen gave a side eye to the bottom right corner where the currently speaking person is.

Jokes aside, I think you're absolutely right. Online interactions have dynamic geometry, so mounting a camera behind a screen will just not cut it, unless the entire screen is a camera. Also, some people might prefer projecting/receiving no eye contact at all, at times, in situations. And vice versa.

Philosophical stance here is purely traditionalist, it decides on behalf of people. What people would like to use, that should exist. "Videos are and will" is a strange claim, assuming its claimer has neither control over it nor any sort of affirmation that it is going to be true.

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Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by albert_e on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @07:45AM (#41857978)

Once we have technology to put a camera under a screen without sacrificing display quality ... we will not stop at one camera.

There will be an array of cameras covering say every 2x2 inch square of your screen.

Just see how many cameras are on todays phones. Same can happen with new camera tech too.

Also there will be a huge commercial driver to put multiple cameras under the screen -- all apps and marketers can track your precise gaze. Ads will pause unless you are actually watching them. I will hate it but it feels inevitable.

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Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by iwontberude on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @11:03AM (#41859898)

If that happened I would become a drastically different person because no one may control people’s bodies like that except for themselves. God that really made me angry to read. I really really hope you are wrong.

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Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by silver_silver on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @11:39AM (#41860363)

Ads already pause if you switch apps on mobile, and vending machines/retail screens have had cameras in them for expression/attention tracking for years. It’s not much of a leap from there

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Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by sgerenser on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @09:20PM (#41865534)

Eye tracking doesn’t require that many cameras, one or two will do. Just look at the Vision Pro, that’s its primary input mechanism.

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Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by grepfru_it on Friday October 18, 2024 @06:24PM (#41884042)

Dell Inspirons have camera below the screen. It is a horrible vantage point and a reason why it is not cloned by many manufacturers

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Re:Correct eye contact in videos by redirecting the eyes to ... by magarnicle on Sunday October 20, 2024 @04:00AM (#41893742)

By "below" they mean behind the glass.

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